Welcome to the Southeast Region

We appreciate your membership and involvement in ACSI, and we pray that you'll find support and encouragement in your regional family. In the Quick Links menu on the left you'll find the information you need to connect, grow personally and as a school, find specialized resources you may need, and more. Please don't hesitate to contact our office if you have questions or need support. May God bless you as you minister to His children!

Announcements

Register now for the 2018 SoutheastEE Conferenceto be held on Friday &Saturday,February 23-24 at Northwood Academy in Summerville, SC. Friday the 23rd will be the 'Directors Day' and Saturday the full conference. This will be a great time of fellowship, collaboration, and training for directors and early educators...don't miss out!

On Friday, March 2nd at Spartanburg Christian School (SC), ACSI will be partnering withAxis for an exclusive 1-day CULTURAL LITERACY conference. This 1-day event is designed to help Christian teachers and administrators become culture translators, equipping them to model and disciple students in 'thinking biblically' about the world around them. Join us to develop your own framework for thinking about cultural issues, and learn from the Axis senior team of translators in this hands-on, collaborative learning opportunity. Registration is $75 per person. Register today!

The resources ACSI provides through our student activities program can enhance what educators are teaching in the classroom. Partnering with member schools, the SE Region is able to provide over 100 events throughout our seven state region. There is still time and space available to sign up for events. Check them out and sign your students up today!

Extended Leave of Absence During School Break I have International students leaving for Christmas break as early as 12/14/17 when our last day of school is 12/20/17. Some of them also return a few days after school resumes. What are your thoughts about students going home for extended time and missing school?

Cell Phones...Arghhhh Would any of you be willing to share your cell phone policies for students please? We have a no cell phone policy unless a teacher ask the students to bring them to class for a project. The phones must be off and in their lockers throughout the academic day.

Job Descriptions for Enrollment Marketing We're looking to expand our enrollment marketing team. I'd be grateful for some sample job descriptions from the community. We're considering an enrollment marketing specialist (or similar), and/or a director of enrollment marketing. If you've got job descriptions that are similar, I'd be grateful to see copies.

ACSI proudly presents its Strategic Partnership Program, which includes companies carefully chosen to benefit you—our member schools—and to assist you in accomplishing your life-changing mission. Our goal is to proactively build long-term relationships with entities that thoughtfully align with the goals and purposes of Christian schooling and desire to assist you in your work as you educate the next generation of leaders.

Gratitude: it’s one of my favorite topics because it has such power to effect change in our hearts, in others, in our communities, and even in our schools. I’ve invited Jay Ferguson, headmaster of Grace Community School (Tyler, Texas), to write about gratitude as we enter the Thanksgiving season here in the U.S. —Dan

It’s a question many Christian parents have asked: By having my kids attend a Christian school, am I nurturing them and equipping them for life in secular society, or am I potentially harming them by shielding them from it? Jay Ferguson, headmaster of Grace Community School (Tyler, Texas), addresses that question head-on in this issue. I hope you’ll consider his excellent points.

You’ve made a fantastic, eternity-impacting decision by enrolling your kids in a Christian school. But how do you maximize your investment? I’ve invited Jay Ferguson, headmaster of Grace Community School (Tyler, Texas) to outline a few deliberate actions you can take to do so this school year. —Dan

To keep "teach like a disciple" from merely serving as a slogan for Christian educators, we need to unpack the phrase. There are three aspects of this concept that I would like to offer you, whether you are a classroom teacher or an administrator with instructional leadership responsibilities. My goal in sharing these insights is to take a global truth offered in Jesus' curriculum or pedagogy and see its application to our profession without trivializing His original message. Read more...

Intentionality in School Admissions

David Urban

One lesson I have learned in the world of admissions is the importance of the word intentional or intentionality in our communications to families. Why is this so important, and how can we use this word to promote our schools? Read more...